Michael C. Khouw is a contributor and trader on CNBC's Fast Money, Options Action, and CNBC Pro, providing financial news focusing on financial markets. He has over 25 years of experience as a strategist, analyst, portfolio manager, and proprietary trader of equities, commodities, indices, and ...more

Michael C. Khouw is a contributor and trader on CNBC's Fast Money, Options Action, and CNBC Pro, providing financial news focusing on financial markets. He has over 25 years of experience as a strategist, analyst, portfolio manager, and proprietary trader of equities, commodities, indices, and related derivatives for both buy-side and sell-side firms. He is also the co-founder and chief investment strategist of OpenInterest.Pro, an independent investment strategy and education provider. Mike is a former member of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, and the New York Mercantile Exchange. He was more recently Portfolio Manager of an actively managed equity long-only ETF that applied artificial intelligence to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns systematically. He co-authored The Options Edge, a book that reveals some of the systematic mispricing their research has uncovered and how to exploit it. He is passionate about finding innovative and efficient ways to optimize investment strategies and outcomes.less